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Bluetree Group, the UKâs largest online print supplier, has adopted KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plates across its entire fleet of Heidelberg Speedmaster presses. The move, which further boosts Bluetree Groupâs fast-turnaround capabilities, means an average of 40,000 plates each month are now imaged in a process-free production environment that reduces costs, speeds prepress, and strengthens Bluetreeâs commitment to sustainable manufacturing.
At the same time, Bluetree Group has installed a Nela automated plate punching/bending and transport system to streamline the path the SONORA X Process Free Plates take from the companyâs three platesetters to the presses. Together, the investments create the simpler, more efficient workflow that Paul Bennington, Bluetree Groupâs Litho Team Leader, says is âcrucial when our business is about delivering work to customers as quickly as
Bluetree takes process-free route to production efficiency Sponsored Monday, March 1, 2021
The UK’s largest online printer, Bluetree Group, has re-engineered its plate production to simultaneously boost productivity and its green credentials.
From its 13,500sqm facility, Bluetree produces more than 170 product types
The switch to KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plates, which further boosts Bluetree Group’s fast-turnaround capabilities, means an average of 40,000 plates each month are now imaged in a process-free production environment that reduces costs, speeds prepress, and strengthens Bluetree’s commitment to sustainable manufacturing.
At the same time, Bluetree Group has installed a Nela automated plate punching/bending and transport system to streamline the path the SONORA X Process Free Plates take from the company’s three platesetters to its fleet of Heidelberg Speedmaster presses.
and me and everybody in the audience and everybody who is listening, each one of us make an impact on the planet every single day and we can choose what sort of impact we want to make. one final question. what is this prop doing between you and me? okay. i carry a piece called mr. h. he was given to me 28 years ago by a man called gary horne. gary horne was blinded age 21 in the u.s. marines. he decided to become a magician. everybody said gary, how can you be a magician if you re blind? he said well, i can try. he does shows for kids that don t know he s blind. at the end he will say something might go wrong in your life. you never know. but if it does, don t give up. there s always a way forward. he does scuba diving, skydiving. he has taught himself to paint, blind. never painted before. anyway, he thought he was giving
me a stuffed chimpanzee for my birthday and i made him hold the tail. chimps don t have tails, gary. he said never mind. take him where you go and know my spirit is with you so he is my symbol for the indominable spirit, the people i meet who tackle what seems impossible and don t give up. nelson mandela emerged from 17 years of hard, physical labor and had the amazing ability to forgive so that with the clerk he could, you know, end the evil regime of apartheid. all around us, there are people tackling personal, environmental or whatever, big ones or small ones. and either succeeding or inspiring other people to join them in the battle. and i think the most important thing, every single one of us,